1 [count] : a picture that is produced by a camera, artist, mirror, etc.
▪ She studied her image in the mirror. ▪ The kids sat staring at the images on the TV screen. ▪ painters capturing images of war ▪ black-and-white images of the city — see also mirror image 2 [count] : a mental picture : the thought of how something looks or might look
▪ I can't get the image (of the accident) out of my mind. ▪ When you told the story I got this image (in my mind) of you as a child. ▪ His poem evokes images of the sea and warm summer days. 3 : the idea that people have about someone or something [count] ▪ She is worried about what motherhood will do to her image [=reputation] as a rock star. ▪ He is trying hard to improve/protect his image. ▪ The law suit has negatively affected the company's public image. ▪ a tarnished corporate image [noncount] ▪ a politician who cares more about image than about telling the truth 4 [singular] a : the form or appearance of someone or something
▪ “…God created man in his own image…” — Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
b : someone who looks very much like another person
▪ He's the (very/living) image of his father. [=he looks like his father] — see also spitting image
c : someone who looks very much like a certain kind of person
▪ She was the (very) image of a successful businesswoman. 5 [count] : an interesting or memorable way of showing or describing something in a book, movie, etc.
▪ The book contains many striking/startling images. 6 [count] : a statue or picture that is made to look like a person or thing
▪ Her image still hangs on their living room wall. ▪ images carved in stone ▪ religious images — see also graven image